saddleback

[ sad-l-bak ]

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noun

any of various animals having markings on the back that resemble a saddle, as a male harp seal.

saddleback

/ ˈsædəlˌbæk /

a marking resembling a saddle on the backs of various animals
a breed of black pig with a white band across its back
a rare bird of New Zealand, Philesturnus carunculatus, having a chestnut-coloured saddle-shaped marking across its back and wings
another name for saddle roof
another name for col

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First recorded in 1535–45; saddle + back ¹

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Is Rick Warren, the pastor of Saddleback Church and author of the beststelling The Purpose Driven Life, a fundamentalist?

Obama also said, “I love the ministries that are taking place here at Saddleback.”

Pastor Rick Warren, leader of the evangelical Saddleback mega-church in California.

That is like advising Ted Haggard to attend the Saddleback Forum.

A year later, Ssempa returned to Saddleback Church to lead another seminar on AIDS.

Because of the peculiar markings of the male this variety is sometimes called the Saddleback Goose.

Ahead of them the wagon road was gouged into the side of an overhang of promontory, under a saddleback pass to northward.

Social instincts, too, seemed to have been effectually stamped out upon the lonely skirts of Saddleback and Skiddaw.

Saddleback dolphins have from 40 to 50 small, sharply pointed teeth in each side of both the upper and lower jaws.

Saddleback dolphins feed on squid and on a variety of fishes, including anchovies, myctophids, and hake.

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